Happy Father’s Day

What are you getting Dad for Father's Day? Kendall and Riley have been raking their brains trying to think of something other than the usual wallet or tie we get Ken every year.

Used to be we could get him some fishing gear too, but that's out now– with the limited mobility issue.

I've been thinking about a gift certificate to the Vermont Woodworking School in Cambridge VT. This is a very cool school and they offer all different types of courses and workshops– from beginner to advanced.

They even offer an immersion program where you can live at the Farm House or in a silo housing unit (see photo) while you learn the finer points of woodworking. Students take field trips to meet some of the world's best artisan furniture makers and see their studios.

What a gift for Dad, right? Getting him out of the house to do guy things on his own? And I think they may even take a field trip to near-by micro-breweries. What could be more better than wood and hops? And honestly, Dad's not likely to get into much trouble in rural Vermont.

Related posts:

About Peggy Farabaugh

She is a CEO who brakes for salamanders, has bottle-fed rescued squirrels and spent her vacation building furniture for a rural school in Costa Rica. She believes in the future and in the people who will build it. A former distance-learning professor at Tulane University with a master’s in environmental health & safety, she turned an interest in forest conservation and endangered species into a growing, local business. She delivers rainforest statistics at breakneck speed, but knows how to slow down and appreciate the beauty of a newly finished piece of heirloom furniture.